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Peter Ivanov. Power Teams Beyond Borders
Table of Contents
Guide
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Power Teams Beyond Borders. How to Work Remotely and Build Powerful Virtual Teams
Introduction
How I Learned to Develop Virtual Power Teams
2020: The Tipping Point for Global Change?
PART I Building Trust and Clarity: Discovering, Dreaming and Goal‐Setting
1 From Failure to Amazing Success in Global Teams
What Causes Global Teams to Fail?
What Do All High‐Performing Teams Have in Common?
Establishing Your Foundation
2 Personality in Focus
How to Start Building Trust in Your Team
The Importance of Empowerment
3 The Strengths Matrix
How to Uncover People's Natural Strengths
How this Works in Practice
Why Personality in Focus and the Strengths Matrix is a Magic Combination
How to Create a Team Vision
4 Interdependent Goals
Start by Defining the Hottest Issues for your Team
Silhouette Exercise
The Thinking Behind SMART Goals
Creating SMART Goals
Name your Team
Developing your Roadmap
Sharing Responsibility
Getting the Best from your Team
5 How Everyone Can Contribute and Shine
Lessons for igniting global talent
How to Maintain Engagement in your Regular Team Meetings
Always Have an Agenda
Change the Format Once a Month
Allow People to Ask Questions
The Importance of Time Management
Making Time for Personal and Professional
Don't Have Too Many Meetings
How Often Should Virtual Teams Meet in Person?
Setting the Agenda for an Annual Meeting
Tip:
6 Bridging Time Zones and Knowledge Management
Finding the Optimum Time for Meetings
Tip:
Coping with Language Barriers
How to Deal with Challenging Accents (And Make Sure Everyone is Understood)
Speak Slowly
Use Visuals
Check Everyone Understands
Repeat and Summarise
Put Questions and Statements in Writing
Ask if you Don't Understand
Use Humour
Make Use of Different Tools
Agree on a Channel for Urgent Communication
Knowledge Management
Key Topics
The Right Tools
Give People Ownership but Always Give Feedback
Encourage People to Join a Community
Build Regional Zonal Communities
Best Practice for Online Communication
Be the First to Turn your Camera on
Set an Agenda
Set your Camera up at Eye Level
Use Headsets to Improve Voice Quality
From Me to Everyone:
7 Regular Feedback
How to Structure a Performance Feedback Session
Learn the Difference Between the Development Plan and Performance Feedback
Exercise
Why is this so Important in Virtual Teams?
Practice Generous Listening
Use the Magic Words
Speak About Possibilities
Tips for Sharing Team Feedback
The Formula for a Virtual Power Team
Key Takeaways on Feedback
Don't Criticise People in Public
Use Face‐to‐Face Meetings for Team Feedback
Establish Regular One‐to‐One Meetings
8 Cross‐Company Cooperation and Coopetition
An Evolving Environment
How to Build Trust
The Need for a Collaboration Agenda
Structured Communication is Essential
Finding your Optimal Culture
Don't Forget Personality
Defining Intra‐Organisational and Inter‐Organisational Coopetition
Where Does Inter‐Organisational Coopetition Come From?
Where Does Coopetition Lead?
Why you Should Explore Cross‐Company Coopetition
High‐Profile Examples of Coopetition
How to Establish your Win‐Win
Developing the Right Mindset for Coopetition
9 Praise, Praise, Praise
What Qualities do you Need to Stay Motivated When Working Virtually?
How to Motivate and Retain Key Team Members When you Work Remotely
Share the Product of the Week
How to Make Decisions in Hybrid Teams
10 Building the Optimal Team Culture
Case Study
Getting Started: Intervention
The Team's Vision
The Three Scales for Optimal Team Culture
The Leadership Scale
Hierarchical
Egalitarian
Tips For Leaders To Adjust Their Leadership Style
Being A More Hierarchical Leader
Being a more egalitarian leader
The Four Levels of Meetings
The Decision‐Making Scale
Top‐down
Consensual
Tips for Adjusting Your Decision‐Making Process
The Conflict Scale
Confrontational
Non‐confrontational
Tips to Adjust to Different Conflict Styles
Finding Your Optimal Team Culture
11 Establishing a Winning Spirit
My Team1
The Early Stages of the Project
Taking a Different Approach
The Road to Tenerife
The Outcome
How to Apply This to Your Team
What if You Don't Have the Budget to Be Generous?
Use Tangible Tokens
Don't Forget About People's Families
Note
12 Next Generation Leaders
Building Virtual Power Teams Under Virtual Power Teams
Ways to Develop Next Generation Leaders
Top Tips
Case Study
Assembling the Team
The Outcome
Why Did We Persevere?
Bringing a Fresh Perspective
Key Takeaways
Virtual Power Family
Why it's Important to Foster Gravity in Your Virtual Family
What Can You Learn From Being Part of A Virtual Power Family?
Applying These Principles to Long‐Distance Relationships
Have One Channel of Communication
Send Pictures
Maintaining Global Friendships
Connect With Your Parents
Co‐living to Be Part of A Community
The Importance of Community
My Advice for Living and Working Remotely
Setting Up Your Virtual Working Environment
13 Building Power Communities
Case Study: Youth Against AIDS. Who Are They?
How I Became Involved
How I helped Youth Against AIDS
What We Did
Keeping Sight of the Big Picture
Communicating Within the NGO
Key Takeaways
Lessons for a More Remote Future
The Importance of Frequent Updates
Regular Updates are Essential for Strengthening Bonds
Be Clear On Your ‘Why’
Case Study: Teach For All. Who Are They?
How I helped Teach For All
What We Did
Empowerment and Trust Building
Responding to Any Major Change or Disruption (Including A Pandemic!)
Case Study: The Covid‐19 Pandemic
The Impact of Covid‐19
How to Respond to the Unexpected
Set Up a Team
How to Take a Tactical Approach
The Road to Digitalisation
Leveraging Everyone in the Team to Promote Digitalisation
Career Visibility When Working Remotely
Note
Conclusion. Using the 10 Big Rocks to Foster Gravity
Focus on Gravity
Epilogue
Index
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